2017–18 NWHL season | |
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League | National Women's Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
2017 draft | |
Top draft pick | Katie Burt |
Picked by | Boston Pride |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Metropolitan Riveters |
Season MVP | Alexa Gruschow |
Top scorer | Alexa Gruschow |
Isobel Cup | |
Champions | Metropolitan Riveters |
Runners-up | Buffalo Beauts |
Finals MVP | Katie Fitzgerald |
NWHL seasons | |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The 2017–18 NWHL season was the third season of the National Women's Hockey League. All four teams from the previous two seasons returned for this season: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, and the Metropolitan Riveters.
Team | 2016–17 head coach | 2017–18 replacement | Notes |
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Boston Pride | Bobby Jay | Thomas Pöck[9] | Former NHL player and Austrian-born Pöck became the first European coach in NWHL history. |
Brittany Ott of the Boston Pride and Amanda Leveille of the Buffalo Beauts served as team captains for the 3rd NWHL All-Star Game.[10]
Final standings.[11]
GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | |
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Metropolitan Riveters | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 30 | 26 |
Buffalo Beauts | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 41 | 24 |
Boston Pride | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 48 | 12 |
Connecticut Whale | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 55 | 8 |
Semifinal game March 17–18 | Isobel Cup Championship March 25 | ||||||||
1 | Metropolitan | 5 | |||||||
4 | Connecticut | 0 | |||||||
1 | Metropolitan | 1 | |||||||
2 | Buffalo | 0 | |||||||
2 | Buffalo | 3(OT) | |||||||
3 | Boston | 2 |
Day Awarded | Player | Team |
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October 30, 2017 | Miye D’Oench[14] | Metropolitan Riveters |
November 6, 2017 | Alexa Gruschow[15] | Metropolitan Riveters |
November 13, 2017 | Taylor Accursi[16] | Buffalo Beauts |
November 20, 2017 | Kelly Babstock[17] | Connecticut Whale |
December 4, 2017 | Alyssa Gagliardi[18] | Metropolitan Riveters |
December 11, 2017 | Kelly Nash[19] | Metropolitan Riveters |
December 18, 2017 | Courtney Burke[20] | Metropolitan Riveters |
January 8, 2018 | Kaylyn Schroka[21] | Buffalo Beauts |
January 22, 2018 | Katie Fitzgerald[22] | Metropolitan Riveters |
January 29, 2018 | Amanda Leveille Brittany Ott[23] |
Buffalo Beauts Boston Pride |
February 5, 2018 | Emily Fluke Hayley Scamurra[24] |
Connecticut Whale Buffalo Beauts |
February 21, 2018 | Maddie Elia[25] | Buffalo Beauts |
February 28, 2018 | Emily Field Kourtney Kunichika[26] |
Boston Pride Buffalo Beauts |
March 5, 2018 | Dana Trivigno[27] | Boston Pride |
March 12, 2018 | Sarah Edney Madison Packer[28] |
Buffalo Beauts Metropolitan Riveters |
The 2017 NWHL draft was the third in the history of the National Women's Hockey League and took place on August 17, 2017, in Brooklyn. Goaltender Katie Burt of Boston College was selected first overall by the Boston Pride.[29] It marked the first time that the Boston Pride held the first pick overall in the draft, which the franchise obtained from the Connecticut Whale in the trade that sent Zoe Hickel to the Whale on February 7, 2017.[30]
Rd | P | Player (Pos) | Team | Nationality | Former team |
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1 | 1 | Katie Burt[31] (G) | Boston Pride | ![]() |
Boston College Eagles (Hockey East) |
1 | 2 | Kennedy Marchment (F) | Buffalo Beauts | ![]() |
St. Lawrence (ECAC) |
1 | 3 | Taylar Cianfrano (F) | New York Riveters | ![]() |
Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC) |
1 | 4 | Kenzie Kent (F) | Boston Pride | ![]() |
Boston College (HEA) |
2 | 5 | Sam Donovan[32] (F) | Connecticut Whale | ![]() |
Brown Bears (ECAC) |
2 | 6 | Savannah Harmon (D) | Buffalo Beauts | ![]() |
Clarkson (ECAC) |
2 | 7 | Victoria Bach (F) | New York Riveters | ![]() |
Boston University (HEA) |
2 | 8 | Mallory Souliotis (D) | Boston Pride | ![]() |
Yale (ECAC) |
3 | 9 | Eden Murray (F) | Connecticut Whale | ![]() |
Yale Bulldogs (ECAC) |
3 | 10 | Brittany Howard (F) | Buffalo Beauts | ![]() |
Robert Morris (CHA) |
3 | 11 | McKenna Brand (F) | New York Riveters | ![]() |
Northeastern Huskies (HEA) |
3 | 12 | Lexie Laing (F) | Boston Pride | ![]() |
Harvard Crimson (ECAC) |
4 | 13 | Denisa Křížová (F) | Connecticut Whale | ![]() |
Northeastern (HEA) |
4 | 14 | Annika Zalewski (F) | Buffalo Beauts | ![]() |
Colgate Raiders (ECAC) |
4 | 15 | Toni Ann Miano (D) | New York Riveters | ![]() |
Boston College (HEA) |
4 | 16 | Lauren Kelly (D) | Boston Pride | ![]() |
Northeastern (HEA) |
5 | 17 | Nina Rodgers (F) | Connecticut Whale | ![]() |
Boston University (HEA) |
5 | 18 | Amy Schlager (D) | Buffalo Beauts | ![]() |
New Hampshire Wildcats (HEA) |
5 | 19 | Rebecca Leslie (F) | New York Riveters | ![]() |
Boston University (HEA) |
5 | 20 | Julia Fedeski (D) | Boston Pride | ![]() |
New Hampshire Wildcats (HEA) |
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